Why We Argue

Why We Argue

episodes

The "Why We Argue" podcast is produced by the Humanities Institute at the University of Connecticut as part of the Future of Truth project.

Seeing Truth in Physics: A Conversation with Professor of Physics Stephon Alexander

April 6, 2023

Seeing Truth in Physics

Stephon Alexander
Hosted by Alexis Boylan

Stephon Alexander talks about a better way of thinking about the interconnections between music, physics, and creativity and how as someone often seen…

Seeing Truth in the Climate Crisis: A Conversation with Artist Alexis Rockman about Art and the Environment

March 23, 2023

Seeing Truth in the Climate Crisis

Alexis Rockman
Hosted by Alexis Boylan

Feeling bad about the environment? You should. Artist Alexis Rockman talks about his art, the potential for real change, and his ongoing relationship …

Seeing Truth in the Lab: A Conversation with Professor Max Liboiron on Taking Control and Leveraging Science for Justice

March 9, 2023

Seeing Truth in the Lab

Max Liboiron
Hosted by Alexis Boylan

Max Liboiron founder of Environmental Action Research (CLEAR), a feminist, anti-colonial laboratory talks about making better science and how they are…

Seeing Truth in Photographs: A Conversation with Artist Penelope Umbrico about Democracy, Tyranny, and Pinterest

February 23, 2023

Seeing Truth in Photographs

Penelope Umbrico
Hosted by Alexis Boylan

Artist Penelope Umbrico talks about her work, images as currency, and how technology and various platforms herd images. And is photography tyrannical?…

Seeing Truth in the Archives: A Conversation about the AMNH and What Gets Saved with Joel Sweimler

February 9, 2023

Seeing Truth in the Archives

Joel Sweimler
Hosted by Alexis Boylan

Joel Sweimler, Exhibition Specialist at the American Museum of Natural History, talks about his career at the museum, working on Seeing Truth, and wha…

Seeing Truth in Museums: A Conversation about the Legacy and Future of Museums with Chris Newell

January 26, 2023

Seeing Truth in Museums

Chris Newell
Hosted by Alexis Boylan

Feeling down about museums? We have so many reasons to, but Chris Newell, Tribal Community Member-in-Residence at UConn and Director of Education at t…

Seeing Truth in the Speculative: A Conversation with Dexter Gabriel

January 12, 2023

Seeing Truth in the Speculative

Dexter Gabriel
Hosted by Alexis Boylan

Historian and author Dexter Gabriel talks about his relationship to truth and memory in his fiction and non-fiction writing. Come for his thoughts on …

Seeing Truth in Picturing the Pandemic: A Conversation about Sight, Archives, and Shaping Memory with Sarah Willen

December 29, 2022

Seeing Truth in Picturing the Pandemic

Hosted by Alexis Boylan

Professor Sarah Willen talks about her part in creating the Pandemic Journaling Project and how that has morphed into a series of visual exhibitions …

Seeing Truth in Variability, Creativity, and Building Biological Collections: A Conversation with Bernard Goffinet and Eric Schultz

December 15, 2022

Seeing Truth in Variability, Creativity, and Building Biological Collections

Bernard Goffinet and Eric Schultz
Hosted by Alexis Boylan

In this episode, scientists speak back to ideas about collection building, knowledge making, and the role of art and creativity in research. Bernard G…

Seeing Truth in Plant Humanities: A Conversation with Romita Ray

December 1, 2022

Seeing Truth in Plant Humanities

Valerie Hegarty
Hosted by Alexis Boylan

Art historian Romita Ray has long puzzled power, visual culture, and how knowledge moves globally. Currently writing about tea, we talk with Ray about…

Seeing Truth in Collections, Memory and Death Studies: A Conversation with Jane Wildgoose

November 3, 2022

Seeing Truth in Collections, Memory and Death Studies

Jane Wildgoose
Hosted by Alexis Boylan

Jane Wildgoose claims she just expanded a beachcomber’s collection but in fact her Wildgoose Memorial Library is a subversive infiltration into the na…

Seeing Truth in Data: A Conversation with Wendy Chun

October 20, 2022

Seeing Truth in Data

Wendy Chun
Hosted by Alexis Boylan

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun sees value in the truth, but worries what data we might be looking at to find it. Chun discusses her new book, Discriminating Dat…

Democracy and Social Critique with Cornel West

June 1, 2021

Democracy and Social Critique with Cornel West

Cornel West
Hosted by Robert Talisse

Cornel West is the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor at Union Theological Seminary. Professor West is among the nation’s most distinguished philosophers. …

Democratic Repair and Public Things with Bonnie Honig

May 24, 2021

Democratic Repair and Public Things with Bonnie Honig

Bonnie Honig
Hosted by Robert Talisse

Bonnie Honig the Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Modern Culture and Media, and Political Science at Brown University. Bonnie works at the intersections …

Climate Denialism and Propaganda with Catriona McKinnon

May 18, 2021

Climate Denialism and Propaganda with Catriona McKinnon

Catriona McKinnon
Hosted by Robert Talisse

Catriona McKinnon is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Exeter. Her research focuses on climate ethics and environmental justice. Much…

Social Trust in a Free Society with Kevin Vallier

May 4, 2021

Social Trust in a Free Society with Kevin Vallier

Kevin Vallier
Hosted by Robert Talisse

Kevin Vallier is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. His most recent book is titled Trust in a Pola…

Political Rhetoric and Demagoguery with Jennifer Mercieca

April 13, 2021

Political Rhetoric and Demagoguery with Jennifer Mercieca

Jennifer Mercieca
Hosted by Robert Talisse

Jennifer Mercieca is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University. She is the author of Demagogue for President: The…

Anger, Rage, and Forgiveness with Myisha Cherry

April 6, 2021

Anger, Rage, and Forgiveness with Myisha Cherry

Myisha Cherry
Hosted by Robert Talisse

Myisha Cherry is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. Myisha’s research focuses on the intersection of moral …

Conspiracy Theories and Democracy with Quassim Cassam

March 23, 2021

Conspiracy Theories and Democracy with Quassim Cassam

Quassim Cassam
Hosted by Robert Talisse

Quassim Cassam is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. You can follow him on Twitter at .@QCassam. Quassim’s resea…

Democracy and Truth with Sophia Rosenfeld

March 16, 2021

Democracy and Truth with Sophia Rosenfeld

Sophia Rosenfeld
Hosted by Robert Talisse

Sophia Rosenfeld is Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Democracy and Truth: A Short Hist…